External Evaluation of VET schools
Announcement of the National Competition for Vocational School Students – WorldSkills Croatia 2024.
10. April 2024.
Cedefop’s ReferNet Network Partnership Forum will take place in Croatia for the first time
4. April 2024.
The Agency has contracted a new ESF+ project Further Implementation of the Vocational Education Curriculum Reform
6. March 2024.
The successful presentation of the new system for evaluating non-formal and informal learning in the Republic of Croatia
6. March 2024.
The Third National Conference on Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training
22. February 2024.
Cedefop Video Award
24. January 2024.
The Conference for Directors of Secondary Vocational Schools 2023
28. August 2023.
WorldSkills Croatia 2023 competition
16. May 2023.
The 7th Days of VET Teachers in Šibenik, Croatia
21. March 2023.
The 11th International Andragogic Symposium
2. February 2023.
Event announcement – 15th Lifelong Learning Week and 9th International Andragogic Symposium
13. July 2021.
The 13th edition of EPALE CROATIA Newsletter published
8. July 2021.
The 5th Days of VET Teachers – closing ceremony
17. June 2021.
The 5th Days of VET Teachers – opening ceremony
15. June 2021.
UNESCO – UNEVOC Strategy 2021 – 2023
4. June 2021.
New partnership within the Erasmus + network
23. February 2021.
New partnership within the Erasmus + network
23. February 2021.
New Erasmus + project for Agency for VET and Adult Education
23. February 2021.
SELFIE for Work-based Learning
10. February 2021.
EPALE Community of European VET Practitioners
9. February 2021.
Changes to the Regulations and recommendations for organising and implementing VET student’s competition in the academic year 2020/2021
9. February 2021.
Regulations and recommendations for organising and implementing VET student’s competition in the academic year 2020/2021
1. February 2021.
The first WorldSkills Croatia newsletter – January 2021
28. January 2021.
Professional development seminars for VET teachers and trainees
27. January 2021.
Call for Expression of Interest for Andragogic Workshops
15. January 2021.
Classroom precautions in adult education – additional instructions
14. January 2021.
Apply for VET teachers’ professional development seminars
30. December 2020.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
24. December 2020.
Classroom precautions in adult education – additional instructions
9. December 2020.
Professional development seminars for mentors in companies and teachers in the dual education system
9. December 2020.
New European strategic framework for vocational education and training
1. December 2020.
European Vocational Skills Week: jobs for the future through VET
11. November 2020.
Admitting clients – important notice
5. November 2020.
Recommendations / framework for achieving learning outcomes in the academic year 2020/2021
14. October 2020.
Instructions for distance learning in COVID-19 pandemic
14. October 2020.
European Vocational Skills Week 2020
13. October 2020.
Apply for VET teachers’ professional development seminars
12. October 2020.
Join the #CodeWeek (10 October – 25 October 2020)
2. October 2020.
The 8th International Andragogic Symposium
25. September 2020.
The 14th Lifelong Learning Week
22. September 2020.
VET students’ competitions in the academic year 2020/2021 – important notice
17. September 2020.
COVID-19 related teaching models and classroom precautions in adult education
15. September 2020.
Instructions for conducting professional exams in the session October – December 2020
15. September 2020.
Call to institutions: join the 14th Lifelong Learning Week
8. September 2020.
Join the European Vocational Skills Week 2020
7. September 2020.
Professional development seminars for VET teachers and trainees
4. September 2020.
The winner of the “Dandelion of Knowledge 2020” award for accomplishments in adult education
2. September 2020.
The contract for non-refundable grant for “e-schools: Establishing a System for Developing Digitally Mature Schools (phase II)” signed
28. August 2020.
Financing decision for UP.03.2.2.05.0001 “e-schools: Establishing a System for Developing Digitally Mature Schools (phase II)”
18. August 2020.
CEDEFOP Photo Award 2020: your green or digital skills story
3. August 2020.
European Skills Index 2020
14. July 2020.
The external evaluation of vocational education institutions is defined by basic legal acts, the Primary and Secondary School Education Act and the Vocational Education and Training Act.
The Primary and Secondary School Education Act, Chapter VIII. Article 88, states that in order to improve the quality of educational activities, external evaluation and self-assessment is carried out in school institutions, and it refers to conducting national exams and measuring the level of quality of all components of the national curriculum. It is also stated that external evaluation is conducted by the National Center for External Evaluation of Education and that schools are required to use the results of national exams and all other indicators of educational performance for analysis and self-assessment, to permanently improve the quality of school work. The manner of conducting external evaluation and using the results of evaluation of school institutions shall be prescribed by the Minister.
The Vocational Education and Training Act, Art. 9., states that the system of quality assurance of vocational education is established at the level of vocational education providers and at the level of qualifications. It is also defined that the quality assurance system is based on self-assessment and external evaluation procedures. Self-assessment and external evaluation procedures are carried out in individual vocational education institutions, including direct insight into the work of vocational education institutions and on the basis of national or special exams. The results of self-assessment and external evaluation of vocational education institutions must be used to improve the quality of work and achieve better results. The methodology of external evaluation of vocational education institutions is adopted by the National Center for External Evaluation of Education in cooperation with the Agency.
Croatian Strategy of Education, Science and Technology foresees further development of the quality assurance system and the process of external and internal evaluation. From the Strategy: “Various forms of external evaluation of students’ educational achievements are carried out at the national level (national exams and State Matura exams), and certain models of school self-assessment have been tested. It is estimated, however, that these procedures are also insufficiently interconnected and are not used sufficiently to improve school practices.
With the aim of ensuring and improving the quality of education, it seems important to connect existing and develop new forms of external and internal evaluation and to use their synergy potential more effectively.
According to the Vocational Education and Training Act (Amendments to the Vocational Education and Training Act, Article 8, paragraph 1), vocational education institutions are obliged to participate in the external evaluation procedure.
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